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id: creating-tests-gRPC
title: Creating Tests - gRPC
description: Tracetest enables creating tests visually in the Tracetest Web UI.
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  - tracetest
  - trace-based testing
  - observability
  - distributed tracing
  - testing
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gRPC is used extensively in modern architectures and micro-services, so we added this very useful trigger type for creating tests in Tracetest.

👉 **Join our [shared Pokeshop API Demo environment](https://app.tracetest.io/organizations/ttorg_2179a9cd8ba8dfa5/invites/invite_760904a64b4b9dc9/accept) and try creating a Test yourself!**

Click the gRPC option to continue:

![Choose Trigger](../img/choose-trigger-0.16.png)

In this example, gRPC Request has been chosen.

![Choose Example](../img/choose-gRPC-0.16.png)

Input the **Name** and **Trigger** details or select one of the example provided in the drop down:

![Choose Example Pokemon](../img/choose-example-pokemon-gRPC-0.16.png)

The **Pokemon - Import** example has been chosen.

![Choose Example Pokemon](../img/choose-example-pokemon-import-gRPC-0.16.png)

Add any additional information and click **Run**:

![Create Test](../img/provide-addl-information-gRPC-0.16.png)

When the test is finished, you will get the following results:

![Finished Trace](../img/finished-trace-gRPC-0.16.png)

Please visit the [Test Results](../web-ui/test-results.mdx) document for an explanation of viewing the results of a test.

👉 **Join our [shared Pokeshop API Demo environment](https://app.tracetest.io/organizations/ttorg_2179a9cd8ba8dfa5/invites/invite_760904a64b4b9dc9/accept) and try creating a Test yourself!**

